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GLAD Praises Appointment of Beth Robinson to Vermont Supreme Court
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today celebrated Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin’s appointment of Beth Robinson to the state’s highest court.
“Beth’s intelligence, passion for justice, and down-to-earth nature will make her a superb jurist,” said Lee Swislow, executive director of GLAD. …
Federal Bureau of Prisons Makes Major Change in Transgender Medical Policy
A settlement was announced today in the case of Vanessa Adams, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate at FMC Butner in North Carolina who has gender identity disorder (GID). Ms. Adams sued BOP in order to receive appropriate treatment for her GID.
Ms. Adam’s challenge to BOP’s treatment of …
GLAD Files Forceful Replies to House in 2nd Circuit DOMA Case
Last night, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) responded to two August 15 filings by the U.S. House of Representatives, when the House both moved to dismiss the DOMA case Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management and responded to GLAD’s motion for summary judgment. Pedersen is the …
LGBT Parents Pledge to Play Fair in Parenting and Custody Agreements
Following the re-release last week of Protecting Families: Standards for LGBT Families, a set of 10 guidelines aimed at preventing contentious custody battles between LGBT parents, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and NCLR’s National Family …
LGBT Legal Advocates Re-Release Guide for Fair Practices in Parenting and Custody Agreements
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and NCLR’s National Family Law Advisory Council are pleased to announce the release of a revised version of the groundbreaking publication Protecting Families: Standards for LGBT Families. The standards are a …
GLAD Statement on the Latest Filing by the U.S. House of Representatives in Pedersen DOMA Challenge
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives submitted its response to the motion for summary judgment filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in its lawsuit Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, the multi-plaintiff challenge to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) …
GLAD Praises Blue Cross/Blue Shield Decision to Cover HPV Vaccine for Males
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) praised the decision by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) to cover the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for males. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the vaccine for girls aged 9-26 to protect them against cervical cancer, and …
GLAD to Honor Author Jodi Picoult at Annual Summer Party
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is proud to announce that it will honor best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult with the GLAD Community Award. Picoult will accept the award at GLAD’s 29th Annual Summer Party at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum on Saturday, July 30.
GLAD is honoring …
GLAD Releases DOMA Stories: How Federal Marriage Discrimination Hurts American Families
In connection with tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today released DOMA Stories: How Federal Marriage Discrimination Hurts American Families, a book featuring twenty same-sex married couples from Massachusetts, …
GLAD files anti-discrimination lawsuit on behalf of group home for people with HIV and Hepatitis C
For the second time Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed a lawsuit against a New Hampshire town that is trying to shut down a group home for people living with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus.
GLAD filed the suit on behalf of AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region (ASMR) on July 5 in …